Showing papers by "Alejandro Portes published in 1973"
TL;DR: The main focus of the Biau-Duncan model is on the SITUC-t' lure at status tra~smissio~ ifhil~ the Wisconsin model focuses on social dynamics as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: R~cent \"es~a~ch 011 strat~fi.cation has moved away from traditional concerns wIth d~sCTlptlOJl ,of mobllrty rales and toward explanation of the processes by 'W/ueh educatIOnal and occut}QI!'onal positions are attained. TJus paper PTesents aud compares the two mam theoretical models emerging from this lme of rescC;T~h. T.he Blau-Duncan a~d lVisconsin models of status attain\"!e~t are sl,!,!lar rn .the causal ordenng of positional variables and )'ield sl~mlaT empmcal estimates Of paths of iflfluence. despite being based on ~dlDeTent samples. The main focus of the Biau-Duncan model is on the SITUC-t:' lure at status tra~smissio~ ifhil~ the lVisconsin model focuses on social psycliOloglca~ dynamKs mullatmg Interpersonal infiu(mces on individual aUainment. n,UerC!lt aspects Of this me4iati?n a.re .discussed on the basis 01 completed lVrsc~nstn research: Practical unplJCatlOns of the two attainment models are exarmned. A paradJgm for future research in this area is presented.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors employed data from a lower-class Guatemala sample in a new test of modernity as an empirically identifiable syndrome, and showed definite dimensionality of modernness as well as a meaningful set of subdimensions.
Abstract: This paper employs data from a lower-class Guatemala sample in a new test of modernity as an empirically identifiable syndrome. Factor analysis shows definite dimensionality of modernity as well as a meaningful set of subdimensions. Hypotheses linking education, urban residence, and other socialization indicators with emergence of modernity are supported. Previous writings have defined modernity as positively linked with economic development. Assumptions underlying this hypothesis are examined. Modernity as a consequence of Western structural transformations may have little to di with, or be in fact detrimental to, causes of development in Third World ations. Interrelationships between empirical findings and critical analysis of these assumptions are discussed.
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